Who was responsible for the Zulu Empires downfall? Walpole. Who wiped out the wagon train of Dutch settlers? Walpole. What caused Shaka to get killed? Walpole.
***** When you think about it, Shaka was a real monster. Consider that he was raised in a society where the furthest extremes of war were a ritualized spear-throwing contest. I can't imagine the degree of hatred a man would have to feel towards his fellow human beings to invent the kind of brutal warfare that he brought to Africa.
Gracielo Barteza Well, I suppose from Shaka's perspective, he had solid motives for what he did, even though I'd hardly find his way of going about them anything close to reasonable. I guess Nobunaga DID have a much better backing in the grand scheme of things, though.
Gracielo Barteza I fail to see the difference: They're bloody, brutal conquorers. They destroy pillage and rape to try to carve themselves empires. It's the same story as dozens, if not hundreds, of warleaders all over the world, particularly in times and places where firearms are not yet used by their entire armed forces. You can try and say that Nobunaga was trying to end Sengoku Jidai and bring peace or whatever, but the series made it clear that Nobunaga didn't want to do the things he did for Japan, he wanted to do them for Oda Nobunaga, otherwise he'd have genuinely put the old shogunate back on the throne.
Parker Dixon-Word The old shogunate got Japan in that mess in the first place. Putting the old shogunate back in power would have been worse than doing nothing.
Dagda Mor Putting the son or grandson of somebody who screwwed up on the throne is just as likely to go badly as putting anyone else on the throne. Nobunaga could have united Japan with less bloodshed if he'd tried to combine his authority and power with the legitimate heir to the shogunate, but at the cost of not being Shogun himself. Someone who has a higher goal to bring Peace to japan would have chosen to aid the political power of the shogun with their own military power, probably becoming one of the Shogun's closest allies in the process. Someone ambitious enough to let his nation be plunged into war for the sake of his own power chooses to use the Shogun as a scapegoat.
I am a descendant of Zwide. Part of his clan settled in Zimbabwe and they were now called the Ndebeles. Means those with long shields. Ndingiswayo, Mzilikazi are all my great ancestors. Much appreciation to the pronunciations.
So, the only reason a lot of this happened is because the British pushed the Dutch east into Zulu territory. Which wouldn't have happened at all or in quite the same way, I'm sure, had the British economic situation been slightly different in the years leading up to this. In other words, it must have been at least in part influenced by a certain figure who played a key role in said economic situation. What am I saying? That, no joke, it was Walpole.
I have to say, this look into the Zulu Empire is really informative. I went to school in South Africa, and the main history of the Zulus we were taught there was that "Shaka killed, Dingane now king". Nothing about Shaka's descent into madness, his mother's death or even the war with Zwide. Also, if you're right about the Dutch getting off to an at-first peaceful relationship with the Zulus, and later about the new Zulu King forming a peace with the Dutch and giving land, this kicks the crap out of the claims that we're bombarded with in the SA education system that "Europeans came to Africa and, instead of trading, immediately started stealing and pillaging our land, Zulus fight bravely and nobly against aggressive invaders" Even with the second part, we never heard how Dingane stabbed the Dutch in the back
Ni C Don't talk nonsense. The advancing Boer Voortrekkers actually originally just wanted a piece of land for their way of life; they weren't out to conquer any people. They arrived at an area that was depopulated by the Mfecane and peacefully agreed with Dingane to receive another strip of land as passage to the sea. It's sad that they were betrayed, for both Boer and Zulu alike. They could potentially have lived peacefully side-by-side.
The Dutch weren't entirely innocent. A lot of them left the Cape due to the British Empire's abolition of slavery, and thought Britain was being too lenient towards the Africans.
Diego Chamberlain Boers aren't Bantu, Boers are the descendants of the Dutch. Confusing the two can cause a biggo misunderstanding of South African history. Especially the Apartheid era.
I live in South Africa but we still only learn about European history and his compensation for that is putting this series in the Google classroom. Video is still more interesting to watch then a history lesson so cool
I don't make any sense Ikr? There's so much interesting South African history,but all we learn about is a little about the Portuguese settlers,apartheid,and nothing else
Sweet Roll Not Africa entirely, these guys were in mud huts when north and east Africa had cities and muskets and real empires. Look up the ajuuran empire, if they wanted they could have conquered all that land.
To be fair, that is most likely due to the fact that most of Africa is missing recorded records. A lot of this is based on stories passed down generation from generation. It is hard to know what is exaggerated, what is true, and what us complete lies.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the final section of Shaka’s army, the part that truly... screwed... his enemies, was called the “loins”. “Hooves” would’ve been the more thematically and literally accurate title.
+Tsai Chou Zhang Although there were many African leaders who turned their country for the better. Like King Minelek 2 using Europeans greed against themselves.
The section about the hill strikes me as something if the tribal equivalent to a siege battle. When you look at it like that, it's not really so surprising Shaka won. Anyone who's played any Total War games knows you usually need more than double the defenders forces to win a siege battle.
One day, a guy sitting near Shaka made a joke. Shaka found it funny and laughed, it was too funny so he couldn't stop laughing, so he had the guy killed. The guy made the King laugh uncontrollably, which was illegal Lol. Im not lying
Anewlevel Not Africa entirely, these guys were in mud huts when north and east Africa had cities and muskets and real empires. Look up the ajuuran empire, if they wanted they could have conquered all that land.
All history is covered in blood. We are just too used to living nice lives. The vikings were just as brutal to the Christians, Alexander to the Persians etc. Nothing new to learn here when it comes to brutality
Holy smokes, I actually, genuinly learned something that I didn't know before. For some reason, I just quietly assumed, that Shaka was present at the time of the Battle of Rorke's Drift, but there's actually full 51 years betwen those two things. Always happy to learn something new, thanks! ;)
Huh, so a rapid succession of brutal dictators in a brief span of time complete with plentiful betrayals... I guess history is the same no matter where you go.
VintageLJ Are... are you kidding, LJ? Successions of brutal monarchs not ringing a bell? Oppression of common people and bloody repression of their uprisings by nobility? Protestant vs. Catholic violence? Brutal suppression/conquering of Scottish and Irish territories? To say nothing of the brutal system of white supremacy they exported throughout a global empire built on violence, bloodshed, and profits from the transatlantic slave trade, itself among the greatest horrors of human history?
VintageLJ England has been at war more times than you can count, over history it's committed countless massacres and oppressed millions of people. Not only did England have dictators, the country itself was a world wide dictator.
Shaka's brother is assassinated Shaka becomes King Shaka's brothers bump him off then one kills the other That one rules and then the last brother kills him off Dang, Karma is real
Ironic that at the Battle of Bloody River, the up close strategy of the Zulu was ill suited to fighting rifleman but the old school long range spear fighting would have actually made the fight closer to even if not ideal.
Cure4Living There was a cavalry charge at the end led by Pretorious himself, where the long spear would've ended that idea quickly. In a way, the Voortrekkers were perfectly suited to win that battle.
Natasel Then explain Isandlwana? The british had breech loading cartridge based rifles, firing at a much higher rate than the Boers with muskets... how did the Brits suffer a drubbing for the ages and the Boers did infinitely better at Blood River, with less men and inferior equipment.
+Natasel Spears vs. Guns didn't save the Italians against the Ethiopians in the 1st Italian invasion of Ethiopia. The Italians had gatling guns and artillery and STILL lost to an army of mostly spearmen with a few rifles. The Italians attempted to charge up a steep hill, which badly limited the range of their bullets and made their cannons pretty worthless because they couldn't see shit! It was well known by that time in the late 1800s that charging uphill against an entrenched enemy is insanely stupid, but Italy's incompetent general decided to do it anyways. This was one of the most embarrassing losses in military history, matched only by France's astounding loss to Haiti and the Soviet Union failing to conquer Finland. If military history was like sports, the Italians post-Roman Empire would mostly have ironic fans that love them solely by how much they suck. Germany and America are teams that win squash matches, but don't really have the spirit to win upset victories and make crowds love them. France and Russia would be teams worth cheering for. They are either going to lose in hilarious fashion or win the big games they weren't supposed to.
Christ, what they did to Zwide's mother, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Him pulling that stuff should have probably tipped his people off to that "slight" impending downward spiral.
Its called the pincer formation. You use calvary or fast infantry to envelop the enemy at the flanks while giving inches off the forward phalanx, tactically retreating it until your army forms a circle around the enemy then collapse into it
I'm imagining that the new Zulu king was at the battle on the Umfolonzi river. Simply because, when asked where he was, he would say 'I'm Mpande hill.'
Shaka to Julius: "yes I've heared of your play, tell me how does it end? Oh yes! You get stabbed many times by your friends" Also shaka: gets assassinated by his brothers
I was, at first, sent here with a recommendation to watch your, quote "excellent history related videos" a few days ago. I was not dissatisfied, in fact, quite the opposite. Since then I have watched all of these from that particular series and now I am beginning to watch your equally impressive gaming and gaming related videos. Your channel is one of the best on this site and is quickly becoming my favourite. The writing and VO is top notch and the quality of the animation is stellar (props to the artists, that's gotta take a lot of dedication on your parts). You guys give me hope for the future of UA-cam. Keep up the good work!
Extra Credits Thank you for this series! I'm half South African and live in Canada and I always wanted to know more about their history. Now you guys make a thing about! Thank you all!
So much context is missing. I'm south African and I've studied this period. The settlers were not dutch. They were boers, a group of people with mixed dutch and French ancestry who didn't consider themselves dutch. They spoke another language called Afrikaans. It's equivalent to calling the American colonists who went west British. Furthermore, Dingane didn't just attack the settlers. The boer settlers went north in the great trek because they were unhappy with the British not allowing them certain priveleges (for example, they weren't allowed to have slaves anymore). They had first entered the lands of the xhosa where they had proceeded to just take land for their own and raid the native people for cattle. They had also already taken land from the Ndebele people in the centre of south Africa and forced them into Zimbabwe as well as stolen land from the sotho. Dingane had heard all of this and didn't trust them. I'm not saying what he did was right, I'm just saying that he had some justification.
True and also the part were they say the mficane was cause by Shaka on revenge spree is a bit misleading, because according to a book I read in school, mficane already existed as a result of scarce grasslands for cattle grazing which led to intense and firece competition between the nguni tribes to control them and also the mettephaw confederation(sorry if I'm not good with South African names) and other confederations, we're form to cope with this and also to have imperial ambition and such.
I love extra history. It made me fall in love with my favorite subject all over again. The videos are very informative without becoming dry and boring. Could you do the golden age of piracy in one of your future videos? That is my favorite time in history.
I really love Extra History. It's a fantastic series and my favourite way to learn about history. It really gives you a feel for the people, more so than just simply reading about them. And like with this current series, it touches on events I would never personally think to research. Speaking of the topics, I think it'd be interesting if a set was done about either Viking or Celts. Both were very interesting peoples and a lot of interesting things happened in their history.
Ah, this threw me off a bit but now I get it. This isn't about Shaka, its about the Zulu empire in general. I see, and this makes me happy! There's enough about Shaka. Now I can find out what happens afterwards. Thanks guys! :)
Not really considering they had guns. The Zulu way of war also overly relied on the Bull and Horns formation which is typically called flanking in Europe. The Dutch were well aware of this tactic.
They had guns, i dont see that as anything signuficant. If they fought the 1000 zulus with sword and spears and manage to beat them off then yeah, but then again at that rate, numbers, which the zulus have would have won the day
The dutch had 2 or three canons. But only about 48 rounds. There were around 1,500 of them. But only 470 were fighting men. The rest were women and children. Also, they had limited ammunition.... they were not prepared for full scale war. The ammo was supposed to be used for hunting along the way to the new land.
Who was responsible for the Zulu Empires downfall? Walpole.
Who wiped out the wagon train of Dutch settlers? Walpole.
What caused Shaka to get killed? Walpole.
gavinrichard ladd This comment is great!
gavinrichard ladd Who was responsible for the OP's historically inaccurate comment?`Wallpole.
gavinrichard ladd ... unless you are... wait for it... the Mon-- Robert Walpole.
gavinrichard ladd Walpole was 9/11
***** VECHES! I LOVE YOU! lol
Singing the victory songs of your enemy to lure the people out, then slaughtering them? Damn, that's cold.
***** When you think about it, Shaka was a real monster. Consider that he was raised in a society where the furthest extremes of war were a ritualized spear-throwing contest. I can't imagine the degree of hatred a man would have to feel towards his fellow human beings to invent the kind of brutal warfare that he brought to Africa.
indigodarkwolf Monsters shape the world. Always have, always will.
indigodarkwolf Consider that when his Mom died he basically went on a country wide killing spree. Dude was unstable as hell.
LaZodiac kim jong un much? lol
StraightJacketRED Are you really trying to justify mass genocide, because one dude 'Wanted a better life'?
It's over Zwide! I have the high ground!
You underestimate my tactics!
Zwide: you underestimate my power
Shaka has the high ground
50/50 🙄
Pfft XD
Well, I certainly didn't expect Shaka to just go ahead and die unceremoniously in the second episode...
Jedibob5 Yeah seeing as the series is named after him I didn't see that coming either.
Esquire Chewington IV it's not though. It's called the Zulu empire, not the Shaka empire.
ProfessorLawl
Oh I guess I got the episode title confused with the series.
Jedibob5 Game of Thrones
scaperty65 Shaka Thrones dies in the second episode
Shaka's brutality really gives Oda Nobunaga a run for his money.
Gracielo Barteza Well, I suppose from Shaka's perspective, he had solid motives for what he did, even though I'd hardly find his way of going about them anything close to reasonable.
I guess Nobunaga DID have a much better backing in the grand scheme of things, though.
Gracielo Barteza I fail to see the difference: They're bloody, brutal conquorers. They destroy pillage and rape to try to carve themselves empires. It's the same story as dozens, if not hundreds, of warleaders all over the world, particularly in times and places where firearms are not yet used by their entire armed forces. You can try and say that Nobunaga was trying to end Sengoku Jidai and bring peace or whatever, but the series made it clear that Nobunaga didn't want to do the things he did for Japan, he wanted to do them for Oda Nobunaga, otherwise he'd have genuinely put the old shogunate back on the throne.
Parker Dixon-Word The old shogunate got Japan in that mess in the first place. Putting the old shogunate back in power would have been worse than doing nothing.
***** Then a wild Vlad appears.
Dagda Mor Putting the son or grandson of somebody who screwwed up on the throne is just as likely to go badly as putting anyone else on the throne. Nobunaga could have united Japan with less bloodshed if he'd tried to combine his authority and power with the legitimate heir to the shogunate, but at the cost of not being Shogun himself.
Someone who has a higher goal to bring Peace to japan would have chosen to aid the political power of the shogun with their own military power, probably becoming one of the Shogun's closest allies in the process.
Someone ambitious enough to let his nation be plunged into war for the sake of his own power chooses to use the Shogun as a scapegoat.
I am a descendant of Zwide. Part of his clan settled in Zimbabwe and they were now called the Ndebeles. Means those with long shields. Ndingiswayo, Mzilikazi are all my great ancestors. Much appreciation to the pronunciations.
Nice
Nice
Much respect to you, I am a descendent of Mary one of Scotland’s queens
@@hampter7183
Oh hey i am too-
Ngifuna ukubiza ukuthi nina lapho ezimbabwe nicabanga ukuthi ningama Zulu noma ca?
So, the only reason a lot of this happened is because the British pushed the Dutch east into Zulu territory. Which wouldn't have happened at all or in quite the same way, I'm sure, had the British economic situation been slightly different in the years leading up to this. In other words, it must have been at least in part influenced by a certain figure who played a key role in said economic situation.
What am I saying?
That, no joke, it was Walpole.
YossarianVanDriver Walpole plays the long game, after all.
YossarianVanDriver Wow! YossarianVanDriver - that's totally true. Well-observed!
Donald Derrick Thank you.
YossarianVanDriver Depends on what you mean. Shaka's empire would have still been around with or without the arrival of the settlers.
NeutralGrounder Hence why I said "a lot of this" and not all of it.
Not surprising Shaka had issues, seeing how his name basically means "You were an accident".
Actually his name means shark
Lol how can you blame his actions on his birthname? Don't be stupid
Wdym he was a military genius and a great leader.
@@ash_11117 I never said he wasn't.
Actually, Chaka was named after a bug. The chakas bug is what chake was named for.
He had cows slaughtered so that their calf would know what it was like to lose a mother. Epic pettiness!
So the loins attack from the back?
Shaka you’re a genius
I have to say, this look into the Zulu Empire is really informative. I went to school in South Africa, and the main history of the Zulus we were taught there was that "Shaka killed, Dingane now king". Nothing about Shaka's descent into madness, his mother's death or even the war with Zwide.
Also, if you're right about the Dutch getting off to an at-first peaceful relationship with the Zulus, and later about the new Zulu King forming a peace with the Dutch and giving land, this kicks the crap out of the claims that we're bombarded with in the SA education system that "Europeans came to Africa and, instead of trading, immediately started stealing and pillaging our land, Zulus fight bravely and nobly against aggressive invaders" Even with the second part, we never heard how Dingane stabbed the Dutch in the back
TheScribeInYellow Each country will always write their own version of history, the version that best suits them.
British at first acted peaceful with the native Americans ,both groups of colonists then turned violent when they didn't need tribal aid
Ni C Don't talk nonsense. The advancing Boer Voortrekkers actually originally just wanted a piece of land for their way of life; they weren't out to conquer any people. They arrived at an area that was depopulated by the Mfecane and peacefully agreed with Dingane to receive another strip of land as passage to the sea. It's sad that they were betrayed, for both Boer and Zulu alike. They could potentially have lived peacefully side-by-side.
The Dutch weren't entirely innocent. A lot of them left the Cape due to the British Empire's abolition of slavery, and thought Britain was being too lenient towards the Africans.
Diego Chamberlain Boers aren't Bantu, Boers are the descendants of the Dutch. Confusing the two can cause a biggo misunderstanding of South African history. Especially the Apartheid era.
I live in South Africa but we still only learn about European history and his compensation for that is putting this series in the Google classroom. Video is still more interesting to watch then a history lesson so cool
I don't make any sense Ikr? There's so much interesting South African history,but all we learn about is a little about the Portuguese settlers,apartheid,and nothing else
Sweet Roll There's plenty of stories to tell. They just don't tell it.
Sweet Roll Not Africa entirely, these guys were in mud huts when north and east Africa had cities and muskets and real empires. Look up the ajuuran empire, if they wanted they could have conquered all that land.
To be fair, that is most likely due to the fact that most of Africa is missing recorded records. A lot of this is based on stories passed down generation from generation. It is hard to know what is exaggerated, what is true, and what us complete lies.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the final section of Shaka’s army, the part that truly... screwed... his enemies, was called the “loins”. “Hooves” would’ve been the more thematically and literally accurate title.
The Zulu imperial family had interesting ideas about brotherly love...
MichelFialloPerez That happened in most royal imperial families throughout the world and history tho.
And soon his brothers became one
...PFFFTT HAHAHA
Wow this was extremely sad. Shaka had so much potential, but that cruelty led to his downfall.
+Tsai Chou Zhang Although there were many African leaders who turned their country for the better. Like King Minelek 2 using Europeans greed against themselves.
The rest of the world is no different
The prehistoric ways of warfare were either timid sporting matches or utterly brutal affairs.
Interesting.
Shaka was a major mama's boy.
Wow this is like Africa's version of Game of Thrones, except it actually happened
It was Walpole.
*****
The lancasters send their regards...
Achillez Probably my favorite comment so far.
As a South African I have to say this was very way done and youre pronunciations are really good 🔥🙏🏾
Shaka used the High Ground before it was cool
5:02
Well that escalated quickly... holy shit
Philip Yazbak I know right,he killed zwidees mom with hyenas and then burned the house
He had them sing victory songs and then killed everyone who came to sing along? Daaaaaang.
Genius move
The section about the hill strikes me as something if the tribal equivalent to a siege battle. When you look at it like that, it's not really so surprising Shaka won. Anyone who's played any Total War games knows you usually need more than double the defenders forces to win a siege battle.
***** Also light cavalry, make the infantry chase light cavalry while your archers take care of those who go for the fort.
Total War: Mfecane?
Is it wrong I used my Calvary as Assassins?
Francis McCormick In general, if you can defend atop a hill, you have a significant advantage over those attacking you up hill.
EDF Ranger Well, that's probably the best way to use them without abusing AI.
One day, a guy sitting near Shaka made a joke. Shaka found it funny and laughed, it was too funny so he couldn't stop laughing, so he had the guy killed. The guy made the King laugh uncontrollably, which was illegal Lol. Im not lying
Anewlevel what?
Anewlevel Yup, we’re all exactly the same, aren’t we?
Anewlevel Not Africa entirely, these guys were in mud huts when north and east Africa had cities and muskets and real empires. Look up the ajuuran empire, if they wanted they could have conquered all that land.
Dang bro you got the whole squad laughing *picks up spear*
I was hoping id hear a tail of a hero but wow the lack of compassion for his enemies is just brutal.
All history is covered in blood. We are just too used to living nice lives. The vikings were just as brutal to the Christians, Alexander to the Persians etc. Nothing new to learn here when it comes to brutality
You know you failed when you died in the middle of the second episode.
Let's be honest, those cows had it comming
2:17 this is it Ndwandwe, I got the high ground
somebody had to say this
Yeah
And Ndwandwe was like: YoU uNdErEsTiMaTe My NuMbErS!¡!
The wrath of intestinal Bettle Heaven
The Dutch we're by that time called Voortrekkers and their movement to the east was called "Die Groot Trek"
Holy smokes, I actually, genuinly learned something that I didn't know before. For some reason, I just quietly assumed, that Shaka was present at the time of the Battle of Rorke's Drift, but there's actually full 51 years betwen those two things. Always happy to learn something new, thanks! ;)
And people Said that Kanye West went crazy after his mother died
So, a fairly peaceful kind of ritual of war would be replaced by a violent and brutal war because of Shaka Zulu?
What a squash.
2:05 HIGH GROUND !
You underestimate my POWER.
@@mrobligatory.5234Don't try it!
Who's watching in 2020
Boy what a year right?
*Weeps in COVID
Be glad when no longer quarantined. In the meantime. Shaka will hold my attention.
Locked his mum in a house with hyenas...
Man that's brutal...
Who would have thought Shaka would be a huge mama's boy
Lol
Huh, so a rapid succession of brutal dictators in a brief span of time complete with plentiful betrayals...
I guess history is the same no matter where you go.
leviadragon99 Humans are the same no matter where you go.
leviadragon99 Unless your in Britain. No dictators there, unless you count Caesar or William :P
VintageLJ The british are the ones to blame for half of the world being so poor. If you don't had any dictators, you were it.
VintageLJ Are... are you kidding, LJ? Successions of brutal monarchs not ringing a bell? Oppression of common people and bloody repression of their uprisings by nobility? Protestant vs. Catholic violence? Brutal suppression/conquering of Scottish and Irish territories? To say nothing of the brutal system of white supremacy they exported throughout a global empire built on violence, bloodshed, and profits from the transatlantic slave trade, itself among the greatest horrors of human history?
VintageLJ England has been at war more times than you can count, over history it's committed countless massacres and oppressed millions of people. Not only did England have dictators, the country itself was a world wide dictator.
0:54 *Shaka holds knife up to guys neck*
*me*: Hold up, he doesn't have a neck
Zulu: It's over Ndwandwe! I have the high ground!
@@ER-pp6dz 😂😂😂
Shaka's strategy is to use "Shaka 'n Awe"
This was great! Amazing content. I'd like to see one on Mansa Musa of the Mali Empire, or Osei Tutu of the Ashanti empire
Good to know, man. I stand corrected
Shaka became the villain died at the beginning of his own movie series 😫
Your channel is so great! I enjoy the videos, watch them every day, and learn lots! Thank you.
Shaka's brother is assassinated
Shaka becomes King
Shaka's brothers bump him off then one kills the other
That one rules and then the last brother kills him off
Dang, Karma is real
"short stabbing spear" that's... A knife...
No...that's like saying a knife is shortsword
But a shortsword is just a knife but longer.
Knives, daggers, stilettos and shivs are all short and yet not the same things
No its not
PLZ make these history vids longer!!!!!! :) these are so coool!!! :)
Well after hearing all that there is one thing you can say about Shaka he LOVED his Mother.
Ironic that at the Battle of Bloody River, the up close strategy of the Zulu was ill suited to fighting rifleman but the old school long range spear fighting would have actually made the fight closer to even if not ideal.
Cure4Living There was a cavalry charge at the end led by Pretorious himself, where the long spear would've ended that idea quickly. In a way, the Voortrekkers were perfectly suited to win that battle.
Natasel Then explain Isandlwana? The british had breech loading cartridge based rifles, firing at a much higher rate than the Boers with muskets... how did the Brits suffer a drubbing for the ages and the Boers did infinitely better at Blood River, with less men and inferior equipment.
+Natasel Spears vs. Guns didn't save the Italians against the Ethiopians in the 1st Italian invasion of Ethiopia. The Italians had gatling guns and artillery and STILL lost to an army of mostly spearmen with a few rifles. The Italians attempted to charge up a steep hill, which badly limited the range of their bullets and made their cannons pretty worthless because they couldn't see shit! It was well known by that time in the late 1800s that charging uphill against an entrenched enemy is insanely stupid, but Italy's incompetent general decided to do it anyways. This was one of the most embarrassing losses in military history, matched only by France's astounding loss to Haiti and the Soviet Union failing to conquer Finland. If military history was like sports, the Italians post-Roman Empire would mostly have ironic fans that love them solely by how much they suck. Germany and America are teams that win squash matches, but don't really have the spirit to win upset victories and make crowds love them. France and Russia would be teams worth cheering for. They are either going to lose in hilarious fashion or win the big games they weren't supposed to.
gantzisballs Clever use of metaphor.
The gruesome details of historical events are easier to bear when presented in cartoon form. Heaven bless you for this video!
Jackals and Hyenas.... Game of Thrones African Style.
Christ, what they did to Zwide's mother, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
Him pulling that stuff should have probably tipped his people off to that "slight" impending downward spiral.
5:18, man I never knew South Africa had the best wifi
I'm so copying that chest-horns-loins strategy in my next Total War campaign...
fastest around the sides.
strongest in the front. Use a faint if you want.
keep reserves in back of front
Its called the pincer formation. You use calvary or fast infantry to envelop the enemy at the flanks while giving inches off the forward phalanx, tactically retreating it until your army forms a circle around the enemy then collapse into it
The Zulus,the Spartans of Africa....
The xhosas, Athens of Africa
No Ethiopia was better
you are damn right
Terrible comparison
the two are not even comparable to be honest
I'm _loving_ this series. The interesting story you're telling as well as all the brilliant references are making this extremely entertaining.
Woah! He executed his enemy's mother by having her eaten alive by dogs.
That is a Game Of Thrones level of cold bloodedness.
I just found out about you today and you are awesome.
Welcome to the club
Watch hes bismarck vids and there a group so
Surprising
IVE WATCHED THE WHOLE SERIES LIKE 5 TIMES I CANT STOP
4:53 We do a little bit of trolling
I'm imagining that the new Zulu king was at the battle on the Umfolonzi river. Simply because, when asked where he was, he would say 'I'm Mpande hill.'
That escalated quickly!
Shaka to Julius: "yes I've heared of your play, tell me how does it end? Oh yes! You get stabbed many times by your friends"
Also shaka: gets assassinated by his brothers
Wrong video bud, your not on ERB
Back to ERB
CallMeRon I’ve seen the parody it’s nice
3:19 when your loins are hiding in depression
Yay
Ahh, so one of the remaining brothers was executed?
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Damnit Walpole!
Everything I have learned about this man makes me think of him as an EVIL genius.
0:39 is Shaka doing the Kamehameha
"A boy's best friend is his mother" clearly applied to Shaka Zulu! He really loved his mom!
"Where have you been all my life" i love this channel
"The Wrath of Intestinal Beetle Heaven"
I was, at first, sent here with a recommendation to watch your, quote "excellent history related videos" a few days ago. I was not dissatisfied, in fact, quite the opposite. Since then I have watched all of these from that particular series and now I am beginning to watch your equally impressive gaming and gaming related videos. Your channel is one of the best on this site and is quickly becoming my favourite. The writing and VO is top notch and the quality of the animation is stellar (props to the artists, that's gotta take a lot of dedication on your parts). You guys give me hope for the future of UA-cam. Keep up the good work!
They had the high ground
Extra Credits Thank you for this series! I'm half South African and live in Canada and I always wanted to know more about their history. Now you guys make a thing about! Thank you all!
part of me wanted to hear a " it's over, i have the high ground "
Great episode, taught me a lot about what I didn't know about the Zulu tribe. Thanks guys!
So much context is missing. I'm south African and I've studied this period. The settlers were not dutch. They were boers, a group of people with mixed dutch and French ancestry who didn't consider themselves dutch. They spoke another language called Afrikaans. It's equivalent to calling the American colonists who went west British. Furthermore, Dingane didn't just attack the settlers. The boer settlers went north in the great trek because they were unhappy with the British not allowing them certain priveleges (for example, they weren't allowed to have slaves anymore). They had first entered the lands of the xhosa where they had proceeded to just take land for their own and raid the native people for cattle. They had also already taken land from the Ndebele people in the centre of south Africa and forced them into Zimbabwe as well as stolen land from the sotho. Dingane had heard all of this and didn't trust them. I'm not saying what he did was right, I'm just saying that he had some justification.
Next episode dude
True and also the part were they say the mficane was cause by Shaka on revenge spree is a bit misleading, because according to a book I read in school, mficane already existed as a result of scarce grasslands for cattle grazing which led to intense and firece competition between the nguni tribes to control them and also the mettephaw confederation(sorry if I'm not good with South African names) and other confederations, we're form to cope with this and also to have imperial ambition and such.
I love extra history. It made me fall in love with my favorite subject all over again. The videos are very informative without becoming dry and boring. Could you do the golden age of piracy in one of your future videos? That is my favorite time in history.
I feel sorry for that dude Piet Ritief, he didn't do nothing wrong. Dingane was an idiot.
Was hoping you'd mention Mzilikazi ka Mashobane.
When are ya'll going to start a series about Napoleon?
The Horn tactic that he used I use in war tactic games and I didn’t even know that someone else used this tactic such a long time ago
Battle of Blood river, not bloody river. 464 voortrekkers ( Pioneers) vs 20,000 Zulus. & the Voortrekkers hammered them like nails in to soft wood.
Dude make video about ashoka the great the first king to unify almost all india
Extra Credits How your staff at Extra Credits making history so damn /interesting/ and /entertaining just amazes me so much!
I was hoping Shaka would live longer... but I guess that's life for you. Now I'm hooked to this series!
Life of a warrior. Mind you he made it to 41, which was rare for most warriors, especially with his reputation.
hey Guys great research, I wonder if in the future you might do Ethiopia?
That would be soooo awesome.
You always need that high ground
Backo even obi wan knew that
HOLD UP YOU'RE NOT THINKING CLEAR
I'VE GOT THE ADVANTAGE UP HERE
Another great episode, and I'm really a lot about pieces of history where my knowledge is lacking. Can't wait for the next.
Shaka was one crazy dude
I really love Extra History. It's a fantastic series and my favourite way to learn about history. It really gives you a feel for the people, more so than just simply reading about them. And like with this current series, it touches on events I would never personally think to research. Speaking of the topics, I think it'd be interesting if a set was done about either Viking or Celts. Both were very interesting peoples and a lot of interesting things happened in their history.
And I thought Imperial Japan was fucked up
you guys are awesome! I am a huge history buff and i can say you guys have got to my favorite history teacher ,next to assassins creed.
Zulus: *charge dutch with spears*
Dutch: "wtf r u guys doing, we have guns you know."
Shaka: Victory
@@nolufefemaho891 umm he dies before that even happens
Hahah geweren gaan boem
Shaka kind of reminds me of the Assyrians
It's incredible what a desctructive force fear really is
really loving this. you guys go into alot of history not really talked about
Ah, this threw me off a bit but now I get it. This isn't about Shaka, its about the Zulu empire in general. I see, and this makes me happy! There's enough about Shaka. Now I can find out what happens afterwards. Thanks guys! :)
These video makers are awesome
Interesting side note, the Dutch settlers had about 470 people, 470 vs 10000 is still quite insane.
Not really considering they had guns. The Zulu way of war also overly relied on the Bull and Horns formation which is typically called flanking in Europe. The Dutch were well aware of this tactic.
Jake - They did have guns, but slow loading front loaders.
They had guns, i dont see that as anything signuficant. If they fought the 1000 zulus with sword and spears and manage to beat them off then yeah, but then again at that rate, numbers, which the zulus have would have won the day
The dutch had 2 or three canons. But only about 48 rounds. There were around 1,500 of them. But only 470 were fighting men. The rest were women and children. Also, they had limited ammunition.... they were not prepared for full scale war. The ammo was supposed to be used for hunting along the way to the new land.
Loins hiding in a depression
Can you do one on Attila the Hun?
War is all fun and games until the the Zulu soldier charges